Dimensionality and Typology of Perfectionism: The Use of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale with Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Chan, David W.
Titel	Dimensionality and Typology of Perfectionism: The Use of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale with Chinese Gifted Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Quarterly, 53 (2009) 3, S.174-187 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9862
DOI	10.1177/0016986209334963
Schlagwörter	Personality Measures; Academically Gifted; Classification; Factor Analysis; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Hong Kong; Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Faktorenanalyse; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Hongkong
Abstract	This study investigated the dimensionality and typology of perfectionism based on the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale with a sample of 380 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. Confirmatory factor analyses supported a five-dimensional model that includes constructs of personal standards, parental expectations, parental criticism, concern over mistakes and doubts, and organization. Clustering procedures yielded three clusters of students interpreted as unhealthy perfectionists, healthy perfectionists, and nonperfectionists. Unhealthy perfectionists had pervasively high scores on all five dimensions, healthy perfectionists scored high on standards and organization and low on parental criticism and concern over mistakes and doubts, and nonperfectionists had pervasively low scores on all five dimensions. Implications of the findings for future research on perfectionism and the promotion of positive perfectionism are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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